Ryckaert family

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The Flemish Ryckaert or Rijckaert family of Antwerp produced several painters during the late sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries.

David Ryckaert I, 1560 – 1607. Little is known of his career. Two of his sons by his wife Catherine Rem were professional painters.

David Ryckaert II, 1586 – 1642; eldest son of David I. He was one of the pioneers of still life painting in Flanders.

Martin Ryckaert, 1587 – 1631; second son of David I. Anthony van Dyck painted portraits of both brothers, David II and Martin.

David Ryckaert III, 1612 – 1661; son of David II, grandson of David I, nephew of Martin. He was a prominent genre painter.

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